Caleb wrinkled his nose as he glanced up at Lynn, frowning a bit, "What are you talking about?"

Anna rubbed her sides where her nails had made little wounds before she stepped out of her UGGs and crawled under the blanket, shuddering a little as she looked up at him, the blanket pulled up over her mouth, "Can I have my letter now?"

"The thing about it," she whispered, like he'd never spoken, "Is that I never hurt you, I never left you, but you, you're just like all the rest, you left me in the dark, you made me believe you actually loved me, and then you hurt me, you treat me like I'm nothing, like I never mattered." she said through her teeth, tears stinging her eyes as she lifted them to Caleb's face, "Thank you because now I'm finally over you." she said, "I'm done. For good." she breathed and disappeared.

Kiran bit his lip and reached into his jacket pocket before handing her an envelope, "Don't read it till I leave the room, okay?" he mumbled, starting for the kitchen.

Eliya pursed her lips, "Sometimes, you're really mean to her, hurtful." she mumbled honestly, "Lynn doesn't love like a regular person, she was taught it was wrong to love because it made you weak, for her to love you or love anyone, its specials, she giving you power over her, I mean I've seen her cut out men's tongues for saying less but she lets you talk to her however you want because she loved you and when you're cold, you can be cruel and it just opens up all these wounds, it tears her apart inside. You know, once she told me she actually thinks she's unlovable?" she mumbled, sniffling and feeling a little guitly for not trying a little harder to be better friends.

Caleb made a noise as he rubbed the larger vein, wrinkling his nose again, "Well, just now," he muttered, glancing at her, "She wanted to fight, so I put her in her place. Was that wrong?" he mumbled, sounding a bit confused all of a sudden.

"No but I don't think she came here to fight, I think she was ashamed of what she'd done and didn't want to have to tell you or me and then you say, 'I feel bad for you' like that's something a confused girl wants to hear from a guy she thought used to care?" Eliya mumbled and rubbed her face.

Eliya shrugged, "I like to pretend you didn't." she mumbled, honestly, "But I know you did and deep down she knows it too but baby, she has issues with men, you belong to me, William left her, this Gregori guy does not sound like a peach, and I've met some of her boyfriends, she goes for those damn bad guys, like she can find something that she sees in herself and when they hurt her, it just feeds to her insecurities." she muttered, shrugging, "Lynn is who Lynn is and she wants who she wants."

"If she was my friend, I'd have to care about her," Caleb muttered, pulling down the sleeve of his shirt as little droplets of blood started to rise to the surface, "You don't want me to care about her, do you?" he asked, sounding dead serious as he studied her eyes curiously, "Since you know what I usually do to women I care about."

Eliya sighed and looked at him for a long moment, "Caleb, you don't have to fuck someone to care about them." she muttered, letting her shoulders droop a little, "I'm not going to force you to care and I'm not going to force you to stop caring."

"Then stop looking so goddamn sad," Caleb mumbled, taking a long swallow from his drink.

Anna smiled to herself as she cuddled up under the blanket; inhaling whatever scent was on it as she held Kiran's letter close to her chest, a shiver running up her spine while she closed her eyes and let herself drift off.